DID YOU KNOW?
- Castoreum is an orange-brown substance used in vanilla and raspberry flavoring. It is made from the anal gland secretions of beavers.
- Top three leading causes of death for men of all ages? Heart disease, cancer and accidents.
- A study published in the Journals of Gerontology found that people with the fewest wrinkles had lower blood pressure and lower risk of heart disease.
- 70 percent of cancers in men are prostate and colon cancers.
- Choose the first stall in a public bathroom! A study of 51 public restrooms found that the first stall had the lowest bacteria levels.
- Black pepper has analgesic, antibacterial and antiseptic properties.
- According to a study from Preventive Medicine, men who pressed an acupuncture point located between their index finger, thumb and center of the palm whenever they had a nicotine craving smoked 25 percent fewer cigarettes than men who used other distraction methods.
- People with sleep apnea are nearly twice as likely to develop glaucoma.
- A study published in 2008 in Metabolism found that adding strawberries to your diet can lower oxidation and improve blood lipid levels.
- The human nose can detect more than one trillion unique smells. Yes, trillion.
- The average person has nearly 70,000 thoughts per day.
- Only 14 percent of your weight consists of bone.
- 25 percent of all your bones are located in your feet.
- The average person sleeps 122 days of the 365 in the year.
- It takes the interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech.
- The moon-shaped white part of the fingernail is called the lunula.
- A person under the age of 30 takes in twice the amount of oxygen as someone over the age of 80.
- It takes the body two hours to digest a carb-heavy meal, but six hours to digest a high-fat one.
- Laughing and coughing exert more pressure on the spine than standing or walking.
